[HTML][HTML] Dump the “dimorphism”: Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size

L Eliot, A Ahmed, H Khan, J Patel - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
With the explosion of neuroimaging, differences between male and female brains have been
exhaustively analyzed. Here we synthesize three decades of human MRI and postmortem …

Revisiting the stress concept: implications for affective disorders

BS McEwen, H Akil - Journal of Neuroscience, 2020‏ - Soc Neuroscience
Over the last 50 years, the concept of stress has evolved significantly, and our
understanding of the underlying neurobiology has expanded dramatically. Rather than …

The “online brain”: how the Internet may be changing our cognition

J Firth, J Torous, B Stubbs, JA Firth, GZ Steiner… - World …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The impact of the Internet across multiple aspects of modern society is clear. However, the
influence that it may have on our brain structure and functioning remains a central topic of …

[كتاب][B] The inner level: How more equal societies reduce stress, restore sanity and improve everyone's well-being

R Wilkinson, K Pickett - 2020‏ - books.google.com
A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skin
Why are people more relaxed and at ease with each other in some countries than others …

Stress effects on neuronal structure: hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex

BS McEwen, C Nasca, JD Gray - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2016‏ - nature.com
The hippocampus provided the gateway into much of what we have learned about stress
and brain structural and functional plasticity, and this initial focus has expanded to other …

The effects of chronic stress on the human brain: From neurotoxicity, to vulnerability, to opportunity

SJ Lupien, RP Juster, C Raymond, MF Marin - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
For the last five decades, science has managed to delineate the mechanisms by which
stress hormones can impact on the human brain. Receptors for glucocorticoids are found in …

Serotonin and neuroplasticity–links between molecular, functional and structural pathophysiology in depression

C Kraus, E Castrén, S Kasper… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Serotonin modulates neuroplasticity, especially during early life, and dysfunctions in both
systems likewise contribute to pathophysiology of depression. Recent findings demonstrate …

Structural plasticity of the social brain: Differential change after socio-affective and cognitive mental training

SL Valk, BC Bernhardt, FM Trautwein, A Böckler… - Science …, 2017‏ - science.org
Although neuroscientific research has revealed experience-dependent brain changes
across the life span in sensory, motor, and cognitive domains, plasticity relating to social …

[HTML][HTML] The brain on stress: vulnerability and plasticity of the prefrontal cortex over the life course

BS McEwen, JH Morrison - Neuron, 2013‏ - cell.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is involved in working memory and self-regulatory and goal-
directed behaviors and displays remarkable structural and functional plasticity over the life …

Brain on stress: how the social environment gets under the skin

BS McEwen - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2012‏ - National Acad Sciences
Stress is a state of the mind, involving both brain and body as well as their interactions; it
differs among individuals and reflects not only major life events but also the conflicts and …